40 COVID-19 Cases Today (25 Apr); All Are Imported Cases

After many days of community and dorm cases reports, we finally have no community or dorm cases today.

As of 12pm today (25 Apr), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 40 new cases of COVID-19 infection.

All of them are imported cases.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 61,006.

Based on yesterday’s figures, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 7 cases in the week before to 11 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from 3 cases in the week before to 4 cases in the past week.

1 of the Community Cases Reported on 24 Apr Has Been Fully Vaccinated

23 new COVID-19 infections were reported yesterday, of which 5 were from the community.

No cases in migrant workers’ dormitories have been detected.

The last time we reported 5 community cases in a day was on 31 Dec, when we were having the saddest New Year’s Eve parties in history.

One of the cases in the community was a male Singapore permanent resident who was caring for his mother at a government quarantine facility.

The 45-year-old had completed his vaccination regimen before getting infected; he received his first dose on 26 Feb and second dose on 19 Mar.

When the man’s parents arrived from India on 15 Apr, his father tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to a hospital.

His mother was placed in a quarantine facility from 16 Apr to 30 Apr after being identified as a close contact of two dependant’s pass holders who had arrived from India on the same flight.

The son had requested to care for his mother at the facility, and moved into the same room as her on 16 Apr.

The woman tested negative on 15 and 17 Apr, but the coronavirus still found its way to the man.

On Friday (23 Apr), the man developed a blocked nose. He was taken the next day to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.

As the Ministry of Health has previously explained, it’s possible for vaccinated individuals to get infected, but COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing symptomatic disease for the vast majority of recipients.

“Further research is required to determine if the vaccination will also prevent onward transmission of the infection,” it added.

Remaining 4 Community Cases Are Sea Crew Members

The remaining 4 community cases are members of a sea crew working onboard bunker tanker MT ALLI.

None of them had disembarked from the vessel except to go for COVID-19 testing or vaccination.

Two of the four received the first dose of their vaccines on 7 Apr and 15 Apr.

The four men are close contacts of a previous case – a 39-year-old Indonesian sea crew member who was on board the same bunker tanker.

The man had preliminary tested positive for COVID-19 on 16 April.

It was later discovered that the man had been infected with the B117 variant – also known as the UK strain – which is said to be more contagious.

The remaining 18 cases were all from abroad, and had been placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore.

307 Active Cases

There are currently 88 confirmed cases who are still in hospital. Of these, most are stable or improving, and 1 is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

219 are isolated and cared for at community facilities. These are those who have mild symptoms, or are clinically well but still test positive for COVID-19.

30 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.

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